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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]US Youth Soccer has asked its State Association Presidents to provide feedback on the impacts that occurred when changes were made from a school year to calendar year, and what they’d foresee as impacts if we went back.[/quote]

It will only cause more kids to quit — I don’t really have a Preference between the two, but the change itself was incredibly disruptive and shouldn’t happen to the same generation of kids again.[/quote]

Agreed.  The kids are on teams that have now been together for awhile and are just returning to play with COVID restrictions.  Why disrupt that?

I disagreed with this change when it was made but if they want to go back, they should roll it in for younger groups.  Like K-1 and just let it work it’s way through.[/quote]

I agree as well. I have a DD who is amongst the youngest on her team and I really saw a maturity issue when she was U9/U10. Now that's she has been there for 4 plus years she is fitting in fine. There are a couple other younger grade girls on the team as well. I think if they do go back they could start with younger ages and just have it continue to go as those ages move upwards. At this point I can't imagine her moving down an age group. She's already on a competitive team and is starting so it wouldn't make sense for her or the other girls on her team who are younger.

I am in favor of changing it back though for younger kids. I anticipate the years where so is a freshman/sophmore and is playing with girls who are able to get recruited but she is too young to be an issue. Also since she is on an ECNL team when she is in 8th grade and everyone is playing HS in the spring she will have kind of a lost spring season. So I guess we will cross those bridges when we get there[/quote]

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